Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about Noteworthy Families (Modern Science).

Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about Noteworthy Families (Modern Science).

me bro, Charles MACKENZIE, a well-known Haymarket actor (stage-name, Henry COMPTON).

me bro son, Sir Morell MACKENZIE (1837-1892), celebrated physician; specialist on diseases of the throat.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me bro son, Sir Stephen MACKENZIE (b. 1844), senior physician, London Hospital; consulting Physician, Poplar Hospital, etc.—­["Who’s Who.”]

son, Stephen MIALL, first in solicitors’ examination, Clement’s Inn, and “Daniel Reardon” prizeman, 1896; first-class honours, LL.B. and LL.D., London.

Henry Alexander #MIERS# (b. 1858), D.Sc., F.R.S., Waynflete
    Professor of Mineralogy, Oxford, since 1895; author of many
    scientific papers, “Mineralogy,” etc.—­["Who’s Who.”]

fa me fa, Francis PLACE (1771-1854), Radical reformer and writer; started life as leather-breeches maker; succeeded in getting the laws against combinations of workmen repealed.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa fa, John MIERS (1789-1879), F.R.S., engineer and botanist; accompanied Lord Cochrane to Chile, 1818; made collections of birds, insects, and plants; author of many scientific papers.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa, Francis Charles MIERS, engineer and successful man of business.

bro, Edward John MIERS, zoologist; author of a volume on Brachyura in “Challenger Reports,” etc.

Alfred #NEWTON# (b. 1829), F.R.S., Professor of Zoology and
    Comparative Anatomy, Cambridge; has been very active in promoting
    the protection of wild birds; has been Vice-President of the
    Royal and Zoological Societies; gold medal of the Royal and of
    the Linnaean Societies; author of many works dealing principally
    with birds.—­["Who’s Who.”]

me fa, Richard Slater MILNES, M.P. for York; took a prominent part in county business.

fa, William NEWTON, M.P. for Ipswich.

me bro, Robert Pemberton MILNES, M.P. for Pontefract; prominent in county business.

bro, General William Samuel NEWTON.

bro, Robert Milnes NEWTON, Recorder of Cambridge; metropolitan police magistrate.

bro, Lieutenant-General Horace Parker NEWTON, first of his year in R.M.A., Woolwich.

bro, Sir Edward NEWTON, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Mauritius; Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica; author of several zoological papers in scientific journals.

bro son, Arthur William NEWTON, H.M.  Inspector of Schools.

bro son, Francis James NEWTON (b. 1857), C.M.G.; Treasurer of Southern Rhodesia, 1902; some time Administrator of British Bechuanaland, and Colonial Secretary British Honduras and Barbadoes.—­["Who’s Who.”]

me bro son, Richard Monckton MILNES (1809-1885), first Baron HOUGHTON; M.P. for Pontefract, 1837; distinguished in literary society; author of poems and critical essays.  Did much to secure Copyright Act; assisted in the preparation of the “Tribune,” 1836; established the “Philobiblon Soc.,” 1853.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.,” and “Life” by Wemyss Reid.]

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